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Comment by FrustratedMonky

2 years ago

Yes.

It is raining.

I use an Umbrella.

Still raining, but I am no longer getting wet.

I must not need the umbrella.

Close the Umbrella

Get wet again.

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bumby  2 years ago

In that case, the causality is easy to determine. But that’s not the case with more complex systems, so it’s easier to rationalize a bias (I don’t need this expensive QA)

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